Changes in some mechanical properties of a loamy soil under the influence of mechanized forest exploitation in a beech forest of central Belgium

Journal of Terramechanics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 235-253

  Rohand, K ^a   Al Kalb, A ^a   Herbauts, J ^a   Verbrugge, J C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Overconsolidation pressure; Rutted forest soils; Soil compaction; Soil degradation

Indexed keywords

CLAY; LEACHING; LOGGING (FORESTRY); MOISTURE; PH EFFECTS; POROSITY; RAIN; STRESSES; WIND;

OVERCONSOLIDATION PRESSURE; RUTTED FOREST SOILS; SOIL COMPACTION; SOIL DEGRADATION;

SOIL MECHANICS;

EID: 1042304429     PISSN: 00224898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jterra.2003.12.004     Document Type: Article

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